De Gaulle and the Fifth Republic

Question 1

What is a republic

Answer 1

State with no monarchy

Question 2

Role of the president

Answer 2

chooses head of government, presides over conseil de ministres and policy making, can dissolve the assemblee nationale (parliament), can propose any law to a referendum

Question 3

Role of government

Answer 3

PM heads government, oversees introduction of legislation, PM liases with army

Question 4

Role of parliament

Answer 4

divided into 2 chambers- l’assemblee nationale and le senat, to oversee and introduce legislation

Question 5

President vs PM

Answer 5

President has more power, they choose PM, when De Gaulle was president he asked PMs to pre-write letters of resignation incase he wanted red of them- example of power imbalance, macron is the current president

Question 6

When was De Gaulle elected

Answer 6

21 Dec 1958, won 78.5% of vote

Question 7

What were his three proposed solutions to Algerian war?

Answer 7

1- full integration into france, 2- independence, 3- financially linked to France but not politically

Question 8

What was result of Algerian election?

Answer 8

75% for independence